ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,647, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to W.L. Gore & Associates GmbH (Putzbrunn, Germany).
"Garment having replaceable portions" was invented by Clemens Deilmann (Rimsting, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A garment (10) includes a first garment portion (22); a second garment portion (24); a third garment portion (26); a waterproof fastener system configured to join the first garment portion (22) and the second garment portion (24); and a non-waterproof fastener system (32) configured to join the first garment portion (22) and the third garment portion (26). The waterproof fastener system can be disconnected and rejoined witho...